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What 106-Degree Heat Does to Plants

What 106-degree heat does to plants

With temperatures across much of Southern California crossing triple digits this week, we are relying more than ever on plants to keep us cool outside. But the plants don’t get much of a break from the relentless sun. How founded are fears that one of our main sources of shade might not make it through...
By Jules Bernstein |

Dr. Amir Haghverdi receives UCOWR Early Career Award for Applied Research

Dr. Amir Haghverdi is selected to receive the 2021 Universities Council on Water Resources ( UCOWR) Early Career Award for Applied Research. The UCOWR Early Career Award for Applied Research recognizes outstanding early contributions in applied research related to water. The successful candidate should have a significant record of research accomplishment and show promise of...
Dr. Amir Haghverdi

Irrigation specialist receives USDA New Investigator Award

Amir Haghverdi, an assistant cooperative extension specialist of irrigation and water management in the environmental sciences department, has been awarded a nearly $500,000 Food and Agricultural Science Enhancement New Investigator grant by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the United States Department of Agriculture. National Institute of Food and Agriculture Food and Agricultural...
By Holly Ober | Inside UCR |
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